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| Directed by | Anthony Asquith |
| Written by | Anthony Asquith |
| Produced by | Harry Bruce Woolfe |
| Starring | Brian Aherne Elissa Landi Cyril McLaglen Norah Baring |
| Cinematography | Stanley Rodwell |
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| Distributed by | Pro Patria Films |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
Underground is a 1928 British sound drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen, and Norah Baring. While the film has no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects, using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film examines the lives of ordinary Londoners and the romance between them, set on and around the London Underground.
The film starts and ends with an Underground train coming into a station. It shows humorous scenes of people coping with the crowds on the underground train. It also has interesting shoots of London, from a bus, of the Thames from the top of a power station which appears to be Lots Road Power Station, a pub, and a shop. The film has strong roles for the two leading women, while the men are more clichéd, one a villain and the other a blue-eyed, blond angel.
The narrative makes it clear what is happening and what is being said, with minimal use of dialogue cards. Harassment of women and abuse of women are themes of the film.